17 tracked private-fraud cases in Florida — sourced from DOJ, FBI, SEC, FTC and 230+ news outlets.
Luis Emilio Hernandez pleaded guilty to wire fraud and illegal monetary transactions involving exploitation of an elderly Hurricane Ian victim and was sentenced to four years in federal prison.
A 29-year-old former employee of a T-Mobile authorized retailer is accused of defrauding customers by keeping trade-in phones, activating unauthorized cellular lines, and falsifying billing records, allegedly causing the business over $26,000 in documented losses.
Lexus Inez Lewis, a former Jacksonville bank employee, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Lewis faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for wire fraud and a consecutive mandatory minimum of two years for aggravated identity theft.
Three individuals are charged with insurance fraud after allegedly staging a car crash in Southwest Miami-Dade to support insurance claims following an investigation that revealed the collision was pre-planned.
Todd J. Herman, a disbarred Florida lawyer, is charged with allegedly misappropriating over $100,000 from clients between 2022 and 2025, including charges of fraud, money laundering, and misapplication of an insurance premium.
Clarence Penny pleaded guilty to eight counts of bank fraud, one count of embezzlement of labor union funds, and three counts of falsification of labor union reports.
A Florida man pleaded guilty to fraud charges for allegedly deceiving investors with promises of returns in cryptocurrency liquidity pools and acquiring luxury assets including real estate and vehicles.
Christopher Alexander Delgado, CEO of Goliath Ventures, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with a cryptocurrency fraud scheme. Sentencing is scheduled for October 8, 2026.
Santiago Sabino Duron and Orlando Julio Torres are charged with stealing a shopper's wallet at Aventura Mall by distracting her in an elevator and subsequently using her stolen credit cards to make approximately $4,000 in fraudulent purchases.
Giorgi Kimeridze and 454 other individuals are charged in a federal healthcare fraud conspiracy involving over $6.5 billion in alleged fraudulent billing to Medicare, including schemes involving durable medical equipment companies, impersonation of a deceased doctor, and kickbacks for medical equipment. Kimeridze is alleged to have facilitated fraudulent durable medical equipment companies that billed Medicare for unnecessary supplies.
Phillip Salvatore Nunzio Jr. and Christine Ann Nunzio are alleged to have engaged in a yearslong insurance fraud scheme involving falsified employment records and fraudulent life insurance claims submitted to Mutual of Omaha and Lincoln Financial Group, totaling over $274,000, with proceeds allegedly laundered through accounts controlled by the couple.
Twelve defendants are charged in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program, and private insurers through fraudulent claims for medical equipment, wound care products, laboratory testing, and mental health services, involving over four billion dollars in allegedly medically unnecessary or unprovidedservices procured through kickbacks.
Dr. Edward Scott Morrison is charged with illegally distributing and dispensing controlled substances as part of a national health care fraud enforcement action.
Xin Liu, a Chinese national, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for material participation in an elder fraud scheme targeting elderly victims.
A receptionist at Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles Beach is charged with allegedly altering guest cash payments to card transactions linked to himself, causing over $3,100 in credit card fees.
Rodney Burton pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business in connection with the HyperFund cryptocurrency fraud scheme, which allegedly resulted in losses of approximately $1.8 billion.
AP of South Florida LLC, an insurance brokerage company, agreed to plead guilty to its role in an Affordable Care Act enrollment fraud scheme and to pay over $135 million.